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There She Is: Longhorn Competes for Miss America Crown
Miss Texas Monique Evans, a pre-med UT Austin senior, competes for the biggest crown of all on Sept. 14.
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New Groundbreaking Department to Focus on Latino, Mexican American Experience
[caption id="attachment_47813" align="alignright" width="393" caption="Domino Perez, College of Liberal Arts Dean Randy Diehl and Nicole Guidotti-Hernandez. Photo by Alberto Gonzalez, Jr. "][/caption] AUSTIN, Texas The first-ever academic department in the U.S. to take a comprehensive look at the lives, cultures and histories of Mexican American and Latino populations has been established at The University of Texas…
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Five Great UT Ideas
From 3-D printing to a battery used by millions, these inventions from UT researchers are worth knowing about.
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Frida Kahlo’s “Self-Portrait with Thorn Necklace and Hummingbird” To Be Displayed at Ransom Center
The Harry Ransom Center, a humanities research library and museum at The University of Texas at Austin, celebrates the homecoming of one of its most famous and frequently borrowed art works, the Mexican artist Frida Kahlo’s “Self-Portrait with Thorn Necklace and Hummingbird” (1940). The painting will be on display Sept. 5 through March 31, 2015.
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Can P.E. Make Kids Smarter?
Physical activity is crucial not only for a child’s health, but for academic performance as well, reveals research by associate professor and Longhorn Game Changer Darla Castelli.
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Professor Wins $750,000 Engineering Prize for Mobile Medical Tool
AUSTIN, Texas Yuebing Zheng, a mechanical engineering assistant professor in the Cockrell School of Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin, was selected for the prestigious Beckman Young Investigator Award.
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Campaign for Texas Goes Out with a Bang
The state’s most ambitious fundraising campaign to date concluded Aug. 31, topping its $3 billion goal by $115 million and breaking records in the process.
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UT Austin Raises Record $856 Million in Final Year of $3 Billion Campaign to Support Students and Excellence
AUSTIN, Texas The University of Texas at Austin has successfully completed its historic Campaign for Texas by raising $856 million in 2013-14, an amount believed to be the largest ever raised by any Texas institution in a single year.
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100 Facts about Bevo for Bevo XIV’s 100th Win
For nearly 100 years, Bevo has been a beloved UT symbol. Bevo XIV now has his 100th win, so here are 100 things to know about our live mascot.
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$10 Million Campaign Establishes Stan Richards School of Advertising and Public Relations at UT Austin
The University of Texas at Austin has announced the completion of a $10 million fundraising campaign to establish the Stan Richards School of Advertising and Public Relations, named in honor of Stan Richards, founder of Dallas-based advertising agency The Richards Group, the largest independent agency in America.
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Video: Day in the Life of DKR Stadium
In honor of the return of Texas Football this Saturday, take a look at the spectacle of gameday in Austin. And get your horns up.
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He Fights Spam So You Don’t Have To
Internet security hasn’t found a way to stop spam, which accounts for more than 90 percent of all email. Professor Andrew Whinston is on a mission to stop it at the source.
